US Legislation | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1421	Pass	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act - Amends the Lacey Act to add the bighead carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys nobilis to the list of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Became Public Law No: 111-307.
SB4026	Intro Sine Die	Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2010 - Requires the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to establish the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance and c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB3490	Intro Sine Die	Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to post on its website deta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696.
SB3250	Pass	Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to: (1) identify, annually, the core competencies necessary for federal personnel performing building operations and maintenance, energy management... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Became Public Law No: 111-308.
SB674	Intro Sine Die	Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2010 - Revises provisions concerning training programs for federal agency managers. Requires the head of each federal agency to establish: (1) a training program for supervisors that includes developing and discussi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 691.
HB4387	Pass	Designates the federal building located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the "Winston E. Arnow Federal Building." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Became Public Law No: 111-297.
SB3454	Intro Sine Die	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for procurement for the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Senate Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-701, pt. 1.
SB3335	Intro Sine Die	Earmark Transparency Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Senate, the Senate Sergeant of Arms, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to begin the development of a single free public searchable webs... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 692.
SB1078	Intro Sine Die	AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish and maintain a national remote sensing education, outreach, and resear... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 695.
SB1338	Pass	Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that a nonimmigrant foreign student seeking to enter the United States to study at a language training program enroll at a language program that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Became Public Law No: 111-306.
HB5282	Engross Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop a Veterans' Curation Program to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary in carrying out curation and historic preservation activities.A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 694.
SB2902	Engross Sine Die	Federal Acquisition Institute Act of 2010 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs shall: (1) be chosen on the basis of demonstrated knowledge ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
SB3167	Engross Sine Die	Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010 - Requires the individual appointed as Director of the Census to have a demonstrated ability in managing large organizations and experience in the collection, analysis, and use of statisti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 201 - 167 (Roll no. 629).
HB848	Intro Sine Die	Performance Rights Act - (Sec. 2) Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters (AM and FM radio); and (2) modify the circumstances under which the public performa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405.
HB6521	Intro Sine Die	International Prevention of Child Marriage Act of 2010 - Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to establish a multi-year strategy to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the empowerment of girls at risk of ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
SJR34	Intro Sine Die	States that Congress favors the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and transmitted to Congress by the President on May 10, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 690.
SB3307	Pass	Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 - Title I: A Path to End Childhood Hunger - Subtitle A: National School Lunch Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-13 Became Public Law No: 111-296.
HR1740	Intro Sine Die	Thanks the members of the National Guard for their service in response to the attacks on September 11, 2001, and their continuing role in homeland security and military operations. Supports providing the National Guard with the necessary resources to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-13 To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel
SB4023	Intro Sine Die	Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive rev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 688.
SB1748	Intro Sine Die	Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to carry out a Recovery and Research Pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 686.
SB787	Intro Sine Die	Clean Water Restoration Act - Reaffirms federal jurisdiction over all waters of the United States and overturns the decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 685.
SB3605	Intro Sine Die	America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Title I: Office of Science and Technology Policy - (Sec. 101) Requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 687.
SJR41	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denying or abridging equality of rights under the law by the United States or by any state on account of sex. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3353	Engross Sine Die	Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to treat American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as separate states for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2782	Intro Sine Die	Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act - Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to: (1) permit the debarment or suspens... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 682.
HB5811	Engross Sine Die	Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to revise tribal membership requirements to provide tribal membership to any person of Tigua Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian blood enrolled by the tribe. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683.
SB3992	Intro Sine Die	Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill rendered moot in Senate. (consideration: CR S8668)
HB5012	Engross Sine Die	Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the availability of appropriations, to implement a pilot program providing commodities, on a competitive basis, t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
HB4501	Engross Sine Die	Guarantee of a Legitimate Deal Act of 2010 - Prohibits any purchaser of precious metals from: (1) selling, transfering to a third party, or refining through melting or otherwise permanently destroying an item of jewelry or precious metal before the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB5283	Pass	Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010 or Help HAITI Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Became Public Law No: 111-293.
HB476	Intro Sine Die	Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct, and report to Congress on, a nationwide testing program to: (1) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
SB4019	Intro Sine Die	Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2010 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB4022	Intro Sine Die	Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive rev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB5566	Pass	Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against depictions of animal cruelty to prohibit anyone from knowingly creating an animal crush video if: (1) such person intends or has reason to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Became Public Law No: 111-294.
HB1722	Pass	Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Requires the head of each executive agency to: (1) establish a policy under which eligible agency employees may be authorized to telework; (2) determine employee eligibility to participate in telework; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Became Public Law No: 111-292.
SB4020	Intro Sine Die	Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to file with the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is required to be open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HCR267	Engross Sine Die	Congratulates Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 20th anniversary of their declarations on the restoration of independence from the Soviet Union and commends the significant progress that they have since made, including their membership in the Nor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HR1031	Engross Sine Die	Impeaches G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Sets forth articles of impeachment. Declares that, while a U.S. district court judge, G. Thomas Porteous, eng... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 The motion to forever disqualify G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 2. Record Vote Number: 265.
SB3991	Intro Sine Die	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Auth... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 266. (consideration: CR S8626-8627; text: CR S8626)
HR1756	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.B. 5281) to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Fede... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR1755	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.B. 3082) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB3190	Intro Sine Die	Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Declares that any agreement setting a price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor is an illegal restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Anti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.
HB6501	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties to investigate, and report to the President and Congress on, the broad range of executive branch national security policies undertaken since the terrorist attacks of S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 To House Intelligence Committee
HB4783	Pass	Claims Resolution Act of 2010 - Title I: Individual Indian Money Account Litigation Settlement - (Sec. 101) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the class action settlement agreement dated December 7, 2009, in Cobell v. Salazar, U.S. District Court, Di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-08 Became Public Law No: 111-291.
HCR259	Engross Sine Die	Recognizes the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio's birth year and his influence on architecture in the United States. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-07 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
HR1687	Intro Sine Die	Recognizes and supports the goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-07 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB3655	Intro Sine Die	Bereaved Consumer's Bill of Rights Act of 2010 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the provision of funeral goods or services. Includes among such rules: (1) a requireme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-07 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 401.
HR1264	Intro Sine Die	Expresses support for the designation of National Essential Tremor Awareness Month. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-07 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB4013	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule: (1) to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads; and (2) that establishes minimum lighting and marking standards for such equipment.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB3728	Intro Sine Die	Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act - (Sec. 2) Extends copyright protection to fashion designs. Revises the definition of "useful article" to include an article of apparel. Defines "apparel" as articles includi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-12-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.